Southwest Sumba Regency

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Southwest Sumba Regency
Kabupaten Sumba Barat Daya
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Motto(s): 
Loda Wee Maringi Pada Wee Malala,
(Blessed land, briskly place)
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Location within East Nusa Tenggara
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Southwest Sumba Regency
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Southwest Sumba Regency
Southwest Sumba Regency (Lesser Sunda Islands)
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Southwest Sumba Regency
Southwest Sumba Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 9°33′44″S119°05′21″E / 9.5622°S 119.0891°E / -9.5622; 119.0891
Country Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
Region Lesser Sunda Islands
Province Flag of East Nusa Tenggara.svg East Nusa Tenggara
Capital Tambolaka
Government
  Regent Ratu Ngadu Bonu Wulla  [ id ]
  Vice RegentDominikus Alphawan Rangga Kaka
Area
  Total
1,445.32 km2 (558.04 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2024 estimate) [1]
  Total
328,771
  Density230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Area code (+62) 387
Website sbdkab.go.id

Southwest Sumba Regency (Indonesian : Kabupaten Sumba Barat Daya) is a regency on Sumba Island in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. Established on 2 January 2007 out of parts of West Sumba Regency, the regency has its seat (capital) in Tambolaka. Its population was 283,818 in the 2010 decennial census [2] and had risen to 303,650 at the 2020 census; [3] the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 328,771 (comprising 168,155 males and 160,616 females [1]

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Administrative districts

The Southwest Sumba Regency when created was composed of eight districts (kecamatan), but since 2010, three additional districts have been created within the Regency, by the splitting of existing districts. The areas (in km2) and the populations of the districts at the 2010 census [2] and the 2020 census [3] are listed below, together with the official estimates as at mid 2024. [1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, and the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 173 rural desa and 2 urban kelurahan - the latter both in Kota Tambolaka District).

Kode
Wilayah
Name of
District
(kecamatan)
Area
in
km2
Pop'n
census
2010
Pop'n
census
2020
Pop'n
estimate
mid 2024
Admin
centre
No. of
villages
Post
code
53.18.06Kodi Bangedo [4] 73.2236,05717,22018,060Walla Ndimu1587264
53.18.11Kodi Balaghar [5] 144.67(a)17,98018,857Panenggo Ede1487262
53.18.07Kodi [6] 111.8631,22330,01031,480Bondo Kodi1987261
53.18.08Kodi Utara [7]
(North Kodi)
243.8250,86448,86052,009Kori21 (b)87260
Totals western (Kodi) part573.57118,149114,070120,40669
53.18.05Wewewa Selatan [8]
(South Wewewa)
174.1421,69122,80024,379Tena Teke1487263
53.18.04Wewewa Barat [9]
(Central Wewewa)
(West Wewewa)
147.3445,48242,27047,372Waimangura2087253
53.18.03Wewewa Timur [10]
(East Wewewa)
139.8853,91126,41028,063Elopada1987250
53.18.10Wewewa Tengah [11]
(Central Wewewa)
109.67(c)31,16033,891Ndapa Taka2087252
53.18.02Wewewa Utara [12]
(North Wewewa)
63.2611,63812,64013,682Palla1287251
53.18.01Loura [13] 138.5134,03718,54023,439Karuni11 (d)87254
53.18.09Kota Tambolaka [14]
(Tambolaka town)
98.95(c)35,79037,539Tambolaka10 (e)87255
Totals eastern (Wewewa) part871.75166,759191,762208,365106

Notes: (a) The 2010 census populations of Kodi Balaghar is included with the figures for Kodi Bangedo, from which it was split.
(b) including the desa of Wee Wella, which is an exclave separated from the rest of the district by a detached part of Kota Tambolaka District.
(c) The 2010 census populations of Kota Tambolaka and Wewewa Tengah Districts are included with the figures for the districts from which they were split.
(d) including the desa of Wee Kambala, which is an exclave separated from the rest of the district by Kota Tambolaka District.
(e) including the two kelurahan of Langga Lero and Waitabula; also including the desa of Kalembu Kaha, which is an exclave separated from the rest of the district by Wewewa Barat and Kodi Utara Districts.

The Kalaki Kambe desa (of Wewewa Barat District) forms a salient from the rest of that district towards the north coast of Sumba island, reaching the coast between the exclaved desa of Wee Wella (of Kodi Utara District) and Kalembu Kaha (of Kota Tambolaka District) to the west and the exclaved desa of Wee Kambala (of Loura District) to the east. The populations in 2023 of these detached desa (which together form a non-administrative grouping along the northcoast of the regency) were as follows:

Kode
Wilayah
Name of
village
(desa)
Name of
District
(kecamatan)
Pop'n
estimate
mid 2023
53.18.09.2010Kalembu KahaKota Tambolaka3,275
53.18.08.2015Wee WellaKodi Utara2,315
53.18.04.2015Kalaki KambeWewewa Barat2,166
53.18.01.2015Wee KambalaLoura1,133
Totals8,889

Tourism

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Wainyapu

Several tourist attractions in this district have been widely explored and visited by a variety of local and foreign tourists, but there are only a few who have access to roads and adequate facilities and infrastructure available, namely Mananga Aba Beach, Mbawana beach, Oro Beach, Kawona Beach, Newa Beach, Pantai Waikelo, Sumba Cultural Home, Lake Saltwater Weekuri, and Pabeti Waterfall.

This district includes several traditional villages such as Wainyapu and Ratenggaro  [ id ] on the south-west coast, and others inland. Wainyapu is particularly rich in dolmens, which - as of 2021 - are still built for collective graves.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, Kabupaten Sumba Barat Daya Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5317)
  2. 1 2 Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kodi Bangedo Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5317010)
  5. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kodi Balaghar Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5317011)
  6. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kodi Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5317020)
  7. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kodi Utara Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5317030)
  8. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Wewewa Selatan Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5317040)
  9. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Wewewa Barat Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5317050)
  10. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Wewewa Timur Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5317060)
  11. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Wewewa Tengah Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5317061)
  12. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Wewewa Utara Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5317070)
  13. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Loura Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5317080)
  14. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kota Tambolaka Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5317081)